Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions

Rehabilitation, RHAB

5040. Rehabilitation Foundations. 3 hours. An introduction to the broad field of human rehabilitation.
Study includes historical, legislative and organizational bases; rehabilitation process; personnel standards and types
of rehabilitation facilities.

5060. Systems of Care and Wraparound: Essential Framework and
Process. 3 hours. Systems of care and wraparound services are based upon core values and principles that infuse all aspects of service planning
and delivery. Course provides students with practical applications and best practices models on how to design,
build and implement local systems of care and wraparound services that are family-driven, community-based,
and culturally competent. Practical experience in working through an integrated, seamless delivery system,
requiring collaborative partnerships in a variety of community settings will be explored.

5125. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counseling
Models. 3 hours. Models of alcohol and other drug
abuse (AODA) counseling provides students with a broad overview of intervention and counseling strategies utilized
by rehabilitation programs serving persons with substance abuse disorders. Focuses on service delivery systems
and AODA counseling theory. Students may choose to take this course as partial preparation for the AODA
counselor licensure exam and as a prerequisite for RHAB 5150, Practice of AODA Counseling.

5150. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counseling
Practice. 3 hours. Practice of alcohol and other drug
abuse (AODA) counseling focuses on familiarizing students with the core competencies necessary for effective
interventions within addiction treatment settings. Prepares students to apply these skills in AODA counseling
practice. Builds directly on RHAB 5125, AODA Counseling Models, and students may take these courses as
partial preparation for the AODA counselor licensure examinations.

5160. Families in Systems of Care: Defining Effective Parent-Professional
Relationships. 3 hours. Provides students with practical applications and best practice models on how to build positive
family-professional partnerships in the field of human services, including legal aspects and analysis of available resources necessary
to address the complex needs of at-risk families. Emphasis placed on identified family-based principles
associated with successful systems of care/wraparound programs targeting families who have children or family
members with special needs. Prerequisite(s): RHAB 5060.

5230. Psychosocial Aspects of
Rehabilitation. 3 hours. The course reviews the psychological and social aspects
of individual and family adjustment to disability and chronic illness, including findings of research on the
adjustment process and on the relationship of psychophysiological and social variables to the acquisition and maintenance
of health and illness/disability. The course also reviews some of the current theories and methods for assisting
individuals and families through the process of adjustment to disability and chronic illness.

5250. Topics in Rehabilitation. 1-3 hours. In-depth analysis and discussion of significant topics in
rehabilitation. Topics may include but are not limited to the following: behavior change techniques in rehabilitation;
individual and group counseling in rehabilitation; computing the value of rehabilitation services; legal, ethical and
professional aspects of serving people with disabilities. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5260. Cultural Competency in Systems of Care:
Enhancing Helper Effectiveness with Ethnic
Minorities. 3 hours. Cultural competence as a mental/behavioral health service delivery approach can be applied to systems that serve
all persons. Provides students with practical understanding and applications on how to become culturally competent
in the field of human services. Emphasis placed on how to collaborate effectively with ethnic minority families
through systems of care/wraparound service programs in a variety of community settings. Prerequisite(s): RHAB 5060.

5270. Rehabilitation Research and Proposal
Writing. 3 hours. Designed to provide rehabilitation
professionals with tools for reading, evaluating and utilizing rehabilitation research. The course will also prepare students
to systematically plan and develop research and/or program development and evaluation proposals for
obtaining funding support for programs and projects in rehabilitation services.

5300. Rehabilitation Counseling
Theories. 3 hours. Study of major counseling theories and techniques with
focus on principles and competency in rehabilitation counseling. Course covers special applications and
modifications that may be required in counseling people with mental, physical or emotional disabilities.

5350. Medical and Psychiatric Aspects of
Rehabilitation. 3 hours. Advanced studies in common medical
and psychiatric conditions most frequently encountered by the rehabilitation professional. A detailed study of the
medical resources employed by the rehabilitation professional in service to people with disabilities.

5400. Techniques in Rehabilitation Counseling and Adjustment
Services. 3 hours. Study of current techniques utilized in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation client services. Structured learning experiences for
development of competency in utilization of the techniques with rehabilitation clients.

5410. Seminar in Techniques and Advanced Practices in Rehabilitation
Counseling. 3 hours. For students who are qualified to develop professional competence in special areas of rehabilitation counseling. Prerequisite(s):
RHAB 5300, 5400 or consent of instructor.

5411. Introduction to Assessment and Vocational
Evaluation. 3 hours. Introduction to vocational
assessment with focus on measurement concepts, procedures and practices used in conducting a systematic appraisal
of individuals with handicapping conditions resulting from age, disease and trauma.

5413. Job Placement Theories and
Methods. 3 hours. Provides an overview of job placement based on a
systems perspective. Students will have an opportunity to explore various job placement philosophies, programs
and techniques as well as to gain hands-on experience in job analysis, labor market analysis and career exploration.

5420. Vocational Evaluation
Systems. 3 hours. Introduction to the use of commercial vocational
evaluation systems. Design, construction and standardization of locally produced work sample devices. Prerequisite(s):
RHAB 5411 or consent of instructor.

5450. Alcohol, Drugs and Disability. 3 hours. Exploration of the challenges presented by persons with
disabilities who experience coexisting alcohol and other drug abuse disorders. Identification of strategies for
effectively serving this population within rehabilitation settings.

5500. Management and Supervision in Rehabilitation.
3 hours. Basic principles and practices of management
and supervisory concepts as applied to the operation
of a rehabilitation facility or agency.

5600. Rehabilitation Case Management. 3 hours. Models and techniques for managing rehabilitation services
for persons with disabilities. Focus on caseload as well as individual case management. Includes discussion of
the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) code of ethics and ethical issues in
rehabilitation case management.

5650. Rehabilitation in a Multicultural
Society. 1-3 hours. Exploration of rehabilitation in the context of
21st-century American society. Ethnic, cultural and other diversity influences on the planning and delivery
of rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities.

5811. Practicum in Rehabilitation. 3 hours. A minimum of 100 clock hours of supervised experiences in
the student's area of concentration, to be performed in one of the on-campus CRS vocational rehabilitation
laboratories and in related community agencies. Course includes a 1-hour-per-week seminar in ethics and standards
of practice in rehabilitation, as well as regularly scheduled weekly meetings for individual and group
supervision. Prerequisite(s): consent of department.

5812. Internship in Rehabilitation. 6 hours. A 600-hour applied experience in the student's area of
concentration in a rehabilitation agency or facility external to the university. Course includes a 1-hour-per-week seminar
and group supervision meeting. Prerequisite(s): RHAB 5811 and consent of department.

5900-5910. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

5920. Problems in Lieu of Thesis. 3 hours.

5950. Master's Thesis. 3 or 6 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit
required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Continuous
enrollment required once work on thesis has begun. May be repeated for credit.

Social Work, SOWK

5100. Seminar in Social Welfare Policies and
Issues. 3 hours. Selected social welfare policies and issues in
the United States; their history and development, and their significance in the delivery of social welfare services.

5500. Seminar in Human Behavior and the Social
Environment. 3 hours. An examination of normality
and diversity in human behavior and of the various social service issues, societal values and social service
programs addressing the needs and problems in human development and behavior.

5890. Seminar in Social Work, Current
Issues. 3 hours. Issues and topics in contemporary social work of
interest to students in various graduate programs but not covered by course offerings. May be repeated for credit as
topics vary.